@@ted__ryan I don't think anyone is saying he can't do whatever he wants, but that it's a bit of a waste of everyone's time to make a rundown of a rig that doesn't work.
I actually think Stephen's superficial mindset is pretty creative in a sense. By picking what looks good and ending up with a bunch of random specifications that may not traditionally "work", you do end up with your own unique sound. Rather the than looking for the tone, you let the tone find you. Who knows, you may even learn to love it.
+KDowah Amen to that. my lil Kustom dual 30RC has the most ASSAULTING, disgusting dirty tone & I felt, at the middle school age, that I HAD to get a pedal to "clean it up". Nowadays, I see the amp's tone as a superb raw black metal/grindcore/crust punk voicing. Guess I had to become a better player to understand,appreciate,&utlilize a "bad" tone
+KDowah , yeah I guess... I personally feel he's expressing what a lot of guitar players are like, myself included: you try to rationalize the functionality of a piece of gear for having spent X amount of dollars on it, but often times you buy it because it's pretty and shiny.
Sam Love Oh yeah, I get that he's just bought whatever looks cool. I just think it's unintentionally affected the tonal development of the band. A happy coincidence, sure, but you can't argue with the results. They sound better than ever.
Stephen is my kind of guitar player. He totally shreds and is really down to earth which I think threw off this interviewer. "so why do you use this"? Steph: "uh, I dunno, I like the way it looks". Lol.
Sergio seems like a cool dude, and talks like a true musician. I like that he uses a pick. Stephen and Sergio are rad and unpretentious. The Deftones are such a sick band!
Greetings from the past, Stephen!! We met at Club DNA for that A&R show we did together in 1994. I played after you guys with The Sun; AND you were gracious enough to let me borrow your ADA midi patch changer, as mine took a crap just before we played. Congratulations on your career!! Cheers! Jason Roach
quite the opposite actually, he said that his guitar tones not being correct *really* pissed him off, and it seems like he loves collecting gear. Given he also has signature pickups he does care about how his guitar sounds, at least the bridge pickup.
@ fieldy is a spectacular bass player. are you one of those guys who only listens to calculus shred music? even if you are, a lot of the bass parts on follow the leader are NOT easy to play at all. it doesn't have to be unusual time signatures to be hard to play
@Michael B. no. field is awesome. i would like him to be WAYYY more prominent on korn cds these days, like how he was super prevalent on follow the leader and life is peachy. the producers are always turning him down
Damn Axe FX has made rig run downs boring. "This is my Axe FX... it's cool, nice patches, I press these buttons, I blend these amps." No actual gear to talk about anymore.
Stephen is and has been my favorite guitarist and musician since the moment I heard Around the Fur in 97". He is a the best in capturing all types of kind emotion in h8s riffs.
Him seeing his gear from a superficial standpoint takes me back to when I was a kid and daydreamed over his guitars thinking the just looked so cool. Simpler times, man. I’d love to get back to that in music, and life in general.
It's strange how he said he can't think of a bass player in heavy music that uses their fingers... yet he's taken Chi's spot and he only used his fingers..
I've been listening to Deftones since the first album. They are awesome. Maybe Stef's superficial but it works for them. Sergio is awesome. I loved quicksand
No need to be overcomplicated about gear. Deftones have been one of my favorite bands for years, and they stay true to who they are. No need to be all technical about everything. Find your amp, guitar, some pedals, and just play.
i love stephen carpenter. i wish he was my uncle... o__O most importantly "i put those ones in there, they look great, the guitars look great, they feel great... it's up to ME to make them SOUND great". love that.
UnderEternalSkies fact is a lot of players use their fingers because that's how they learned. I played with either pick or fingers depending on the vibe of the song, as well as that I played guitar before bass and still play guitar.
My favorite guitarist of all time. Love the tone he achieved with be quiet and drive. My favourite song of all time. I bought that yellow MXR pedal that he supposedly used to make it but it never sounded the same as the album.
Chi Used his fingers in this heavy music and it sounded pretty damn good to me. And for Deftones also being a melodic band I would say using fingerstyle would be more fitting
There's something so weird about the whole Axe-FX thing; everybody's got one now but no one seems to be able to replace their entire rigs with one although that's what Fractal Audio essentially says the unit should be able to do. Looking at Stephen's rig. He replaced his JMP-1, the Rocktron Intellifex and the TC2290 with an Axe FX (2 in fact), so that's 4 rackmount spaces worth of gear replaced by 4 rackmount spaces of gear (?!) So what I'm saying is, are people getting into the Axe-FX cos it sounds great or cos it's just the latest gadget to have?
degge You're looking at rack spaces in an extremely myopic way. Steph is now using just the Axe FX II, with a controller, and a power conditioner. He didn't just replace all of his rack gear, he also replaced all of his analog pedals, the inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies that come along with maintaining that sort of rig over time, and he even shed a cab -- probably as the result of being able to properly emulate the low-end he was missing using just the 1960 Marshall. That was a drastic reduction in space, complexity, and maintenance (and the second AF is simply a redundancy -- a backup). If you owned an Axe FX yourself (I own an Ultra and am somewhat biased) you would absolutely appreciate the diversity and simplicity it brings to the table. Where before I had to have a Triple Rec, Orange Rockerverb, VH4, and Marshall head (and their respective cabs) laying around, I now have one unit that effectively emulates all of that, both live and in the studio, and now I can spend my money on guitars, which is what I prefer to do.
Silverjerk Hey dude, i was actually thinking on getting an axe fx ultra, but im new to the whole fractal thing. and i keep reading that the axe 2 is better, but a grand more. what are the main differences, and which on should i go with?
Before another idiot says "another AxeFX rig", tube amps are heavy and unreliable. They sound great but they usually have one good sound. When you have a career that spans more than 10 years, lugging more than 1 amp for over 10 sounds is not an option. In my opinion, the AxeFX sounds great, especially for heavy music. If you're looking for a holy grail of tone, it doesn't exist. Play what's right for you and fits your budget.
You're absolutely right, the only reason I still lug around my 5150 is because I can play a show knowing it's been used on just about every metal album to date, and it might be superficial, but i just think it looks cool lol
Premier Guitar is GrrrrrrEAT! y0u guys are s000000 awes0me i d0n't kn0w what to d0 with myself! Carpenter was just s000000 FL00RED by your inquisition he c0uldn't c0ntain himself!
haha so cool to see an interview where the musician looks less stoned than the interviewer. guess you had a good time ;) great interview none the less!
I’ve always had my eye on that black B8 with the red pups/esp logo. I think he retired that one not many pics of him playing that one but it’s my fav of his 8’s
i just saw them tonight in seoul south korea, different bass players, used an orange tiny terror. the guitariste used 2sets of orange black terror, dunno about the effects, but sounded huge
We need an updated rig rundown with Stef 🤘😎🤘
He’s added 9 strings and has probably properly eq’d his stuff by now.
this was a weird rig rundown..."tell us about your setup" "I'm changing everything"
+Tommy McCracken and couple of years later, he's back to rig with bunch of pedals without Axe, i think
+Tommy McCracken "I'm changing everything"
"It's all for looks"
"This wasn't worth it"
His shit. He can do whatever the hell he wants with it.
@@ted__ryan I don't think anyone is saying he can't do whatever he wants, but that it's a bit of a waste of everyone's time to make a rundown of a rig that doesn't work.
I actually think Stephen's superficial mindset is pretty creative in a sense. By picking what looks good and ending up with a bunch of random specifications that may not traditionally "work", you do end up with your own unique sound. Rather the than looking for the tone, you let the tone find you. Who knows, you may even learn to love it.
+KDowah thats how I feel about ESP guitars and Peavey amps, they always sound good together no matter the model(s)
Peavy amps sound straight awesome!
+KDowah Amen to that. my lil Kustom dual 30RC has the most ASSAULTING, disgusting dirty tone & I felt, at the middle school age, that I HAD to get a pedal to "clean it up". Nowadays, I see the amp's tone as a superb raw black metal/grindcore/crust punk voicing. Guess I had to become a better player to understand,appreciate,&utlilize a "bad" tone
+KDowah , yeah I guess... I personally feel he's expressing what a lot of guitar players are like, myself included: you try to rationalize the functionality of a piece of gear for having spent X amount of dollars on it, but often times you buy it because it's pretty and shiny.
Sam Love Oh yeah, I get that he's just bought whatever looks cool. I just think it's unintentionally affected the tonal development of the band. A happy coincidence, sure, but you can't argue with the results. They sound better than ever.
Stephen is my kind of guitar player. He totally shreds and is really down to earth which I think threw off this interviewer. "so why do you use this"? Steph: "uh, I dunno, I like the way it looks". Lol.
Hiroshi13 when does steph shred ever? Love deftones but please fill me in lol
Matthew Britt stfu, troll. I don't mean "shred" literally like fuckin Yngwie. Go away.
@@hiroshi138 chill
@@hiroshi138 nobody uses the word shred like you did, dude
He’s down to earth (which is flat)
Sergio seems like a cool dude, and talks like a true musician. I like that he uses a pick. Stephen and Sergio are rad and unpretentious. The Deftones are such a sick band!
"It's up to me to make the sound great" Love it.
Stephen Carpenter gives me hope.
Greetings from the past, Stephen!! We met at Club DNA for that A&R show we did together in 1994. I played after you guys with The Sun; AND you were gracious enough to let me borrow your ADA midi patch changer, as mine took a crap just before we played. Congratulations on your career!! Cheers! Jason Roach
I love Stephens guitar playing style. He has been an inspiration to me and my guitar playing almost since I started playing guitar.
Maynard quit interviewing Stephen and go work on the new Tool album.
LOL
Lol...
He looks more like the bassist of linkin park..
i thought he was the bassist of linkin park
He sounds a lot like him lol, especially when he says "songs"
The interviewer looks like he is going to throw himself in front of a train after this interview
I'm not a bassist but those Jags are pure sex.
Pan Damasque i am a bassist and i completely agree
Steph high as a kite lol
As usual. Lmao
He had to ask the same question like 3 times to get the answer he was looking for
first thing i noticed! haha
The midi controller seems to have pictures of weed and like shatter and stuff? Or is that my imagination...
@@Visualpollutionboy shatter and butter my brother
Sergio is such a chill dude!
is it just me, or do all of his midi footswitches have pictures of dabs on them lol?
+Jason Sawka Definitely do. I think some of them are bud too.
Pictures of food from a Chinese takeout restaurant
"This is Chris Kies for Premier Guitar hanging out with Steph from the Teftones, how you doing Seth?"
and that's when you knew the interview went downhill!
His pedal rig ain't set up, his amp isnt eq'd, and he dont even care about the tone of his guitars. Is he the most anti gear snob on the planet? Lol
quite the opposite actually, he said that his guitar tones not being correct *really* pissed him off, and it seems like he loves collecting gear. Given he also has signature pickups he does care about how his guitar sounds, at least the bridge pickup.
@@cactus-mcjacktus did you watch the same rig rundown?
@@deadzeppelin9565 maybe
He was on to power amps and modelers 20 years ago. Crazy
“I don’t think there’s a bass player that i’m a fan of in heavy music that uses their fingers”
how about Chi?
yeah i saw that and cringed. also, what about cliff burton? what about fieldy?
@ fieldy is a spectacular bass player. are you one of those guys who only listens to calculus shred music? even if you are, a lot of the bass parts on follow the leader are NOT easy to play at all. it doesn't have to be unusual time signatures to be hard to play
@Michael B. no. field is awesome. i would like him to be WAYYY more prominent on korn cds these days, like how he was super prevalent on follow the leader and life is peachy. the producers are always turning him down
Chi? Steve Harris? Frank Bello? Cliff Burton? WTF?
All the heavy grunge bass players of the early 90’s were finger players. Picks don’t make anything heavier.
Damn Axe FX has made rig run downs boring. "This is my Axe FX... it's cool, nice patches, I press these buttons, I blend these amps." No actual gear to talk about anymore.
Just waiting for this but with Quad Cortex now.
@@deadzeppelin9565 QC will never reach Axfx level sadly. Still no plugin bring over. It's capture is the best part.
Stephen is and has been my favorite guitarist and musician since the moment I heard Around the Fur in 97". He is a the best in capturing all types of kind emotion in h8s riffs.
Love the rundown videos, excellent.
Him seeing his gear from a superficial standpoint takes me back to when I was a kid and daydreamed over his guitars thinking the just looked so cool. Simpler times, man. I’d love to get back to that in music, and life in general.
Nothing is stopping you
I like this guy's honesty.
It's strange how he said he can't think of a bass player in heavy music that uses their fingers... yet he's taken Chi's spot and he only used his fingers..
He said he can't think of a bass player that he LIKES in heavy music who uses their fingers.
Kyle James Right so it's clear Sergio brutally murdered Chi and his entire family, another reason to love the nigga
RIP
Ryan Martini, Jon Stockman would disagree with him haha
Fieldy bro
I've been listening to Deftones since the first album. They are awesome. Maybe Stef's superficial but it works for them. Sergio is awesome. I loved quicksand
Chris wanted to say “Stephtones” at the start, calling it
Love the pics of dabs for each channel on the controller lmao
Anyone else notice that a bunch of the scene plates are hashes and waxes?
haha i had to stare at it for a minute to be sure
I know that the close up looks like weed but I swear In one of the shots they look like vagina's lol
IanVase yeah I think the first shot of the pedal board is a bunch of nude pics, but then they show another that looks like weed and such
It is about time for a new updated one since a stratocaster seems to be added to Sergio`s rig. Also, we need a look on Chino`s rig.
"I'm entirely superficial" - Stephen Carpenter, 2013. lol
If you're gonna censor swears, then at least use the right tone. 1000 Hz, get it right you amateurs.
I think I personally prefer a slightly lower tone. Not too much lower.
+isoconverge right? not even the slightest fade in or out.
I didn’t even know they did one of these for Deftones, this is awesome
Cue special red-colored Moog Little Phatty synth at 8:38...
I love how Sergio turns into a little kid when he starts talking about his pick and strings. :)
What is the point of having 3 expression pedals without the foot pad?
No need to be overcomplicated about gear. Deftones have been one of my favorite bands for years, and they stay true to who they are. No need to be all technical about everything. Find your amp, guitar, some pedals, and just play.
Interviewer with the personality of a cauliflower.
Or a dead moth.
Guy knows his stuff 🤷
Lmfao
i love stephen carpenter. i wish he was my uncle... o__O
most importantly "i put those ones in there, they look great, the guitars look great, they feel great... it's up to ME to make them SOUND great". love that.
Imagine if he was your carpenter.
What fell from the ceiling at 2:18 on his right behind stephen?.........
Can you do Stephen rig rundown again, I want to see his gore pedals
I love Stephen's honesty
I think I saw that dude washing his car on his driveway in Manhattan Beach.
which dude
Guitar player.
+ Stinky Puppy
Last warning....Stay Off My Fuckin' Lawn! Every God Damn day, shit stains all over the damn tile flooring...
Charles Moore wait...where is that from?? Haha
TheProphet VLo yea bro me too i was behind you
Trujillo uses his fingers. Isn't Sergio a fan of him? Also, I noticed he has all 4-string bases. Chi used a 5-string on s/t and snw.
some of sergio's basses are tuned down, that's how he maneges to play very low notes
UnderEternalSkies fact is a lot of players use their fingers because that's how they learned. I played with either pick or fingers depending on the vibe of the song, as well as that I played guitar before bass and still play guitar.
Nice how you gave it a more personal touch in this one.
Whenever I've seen Chi play live he's often used fingers.
yep finger's are were it's at :)
mikabass It depends, lets take Tool's Justin C., imagine him using fingers.
Tim commerford
Abe Tim Commerford is not really the same style, RATM is basically just funk on steroids
he always use fingers
what about the blue one? *points to a perfect distinguishable purple color*
Maybe he is colour blind.
The whole time I was watching Ghost's set being set up... I know they play RDs through AxeFX but I still want their RR
It's very refreshing to find a big name guitar player who honestly chooses gear mostly by aesthetics and not go all gear nerdy.
Also, Quicksand!
Please we need an updated rig rundown
He's high af!! lol
5:54 that’s dope Vivian Campbell inspired Stefs double pickups
My favorite guitarist of all time. Love the tone he achieved with be quiet and drive. My favourite song of all time. I bought that yellow MXR pedal that he supposedly used to make it but it never sounded the same as the album.
@7:18 did someone say bacon?
Chi Used his fingers in this heavy music and it sounded pretty damn good to me. And for Deftones also being a melodic band I would say using fingerstyle would be more fitting
I think the same. Its in the smoothness of playing with fingers...
There's something so weird about the whole Axe-FX thing; everybody's got one now but no one seems to be able to replace their entire rigs with one although that's what Fractal Audio essentially says the unit should be able to do.
Looking at Stephen's rig. He replaced his JMP-1, the Rocktron Intellifex and the TC2290 with an Axe FX (2 in fact), so that's 4 rackmount spaces worth of gear replaced by 4 rackmount spaces of gear (?!)
So what I'm saying is, are people getting into the Axe-FX cos it sounds great or cos it's just the latest gadget to have?
One Axe FX is most likely for backup
degge You're looking at rack spaces in an extremely myopic way. Steph is now using just the Axe FX II, with a controller, and a power conditioner. He didn't just replace all of his rack gear, he also replaced all of his analog pedals, the inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies that come along with maintaining that sort of rig over time, and he even shed a cab -- probably as the result of being able to properly emulate the low-end he was missing using just the 1960 Marshall.
That was a drastic reduction in space, complexity, and maintenance (and the second AF is simply a redundancy -- a backup). If you owned an Axe FX yourself (I own an Ultra and am somewhat biased) you would absolutely appreciate the diversity and simplicity it brings to the table. Where before I had to have a Triple Rec, Orange Rockerverb, VH4, and Marshall head (and their respective cabs) laying around, I now have one unit that effectively emulates all of that, both live and in the studio, and now I can spend my money on guitars, which is what I prefer to do.
Silverjerk I think you replied to the wrong person
degge I did, I'm sorry man! This was meant for J.M. Wolfman
Silverjerk Hey dude, i was actually thinking on getting an axe fx ultra, but im new to the whole fractal thing. and i keep reading that the axe 2 is better, but a grand more. what are the main differences, and which on should i go with?
PLEASE tell me you did a Ghost rig rundown while you were there...
17:08 Wonder what the gaff tape over the pickup does to the bass sound? Never seen that before
It's so the pole pieces don't get hit by the strings
Nice. One thing, And where is Chino's rundown?
I fuckin love Steph so much and his attitude about guitar playing
Listening to Stephan's future plans for adding expression pedals and what he wants them to do... later you can see who is already doing that! SERGIO!
WHEN I HEAR THE HUM OF THE GUITARS IN DEFTONES AND TOOL IT'S LIKE MEDITATING
I enjoy looking at the sides of guitars as they sit in their racks. *sarcasm*
Would love to see them actually play the instruments for a few seconds. We need a new Deftones rig run down!
He’s not on tour with the band, it’s so crazy to me
Hoping for a Ghost rig rundown
Before another idiot says "another AxeFX rig", tube amps are heavy and unreliable. They sound great but they usually have one good sound. When you have a career that spans more than 10 years, lugging more than 1 amp for over 10 sounds is not an option. In my opinion, the AxeFX sounds great, especially for heavy music. If you're looking for a holy grail of tone, it doesn't exist. Play what's right for you and fits your budget.
You're absolutely right, the only reason I still lug around my 5150 is because I can play a show knowing it's been used on just about every metal album to date, and it might be superficial, but i just think it looks cool lol
Luis Tije
yes finally a rundown of steves rig!! now please visit Wes Borland
Sergio uses a looper live? For bass?
i love how Chris just plugs Sergio's old band, he's so enthusiastic about old hardcore and it's honestly adorable
Steph "everything about my sound sucks" Carpenter. 😂 If I was one of his sponsors, I'd be having a conference call about this. Lol!
Dude, That is so true, its like keith richards said about guitars he said "give me any guitar for a couple minutes and I'll get them to sound the same
Premier Guitar is GrrrrrrEAT! y0u guys are s000000 awes0me i d0n't kn0w what to d0 with myself! Carpenter was just s000000 FL00RED by your inquisition he c0uldn't c0ntain himself!
You are being sarcastic, right?
what? me? sarcastic? n3>3R!
"it's up to me to make them sound great" and he does. 'nuff said
Does he have food images for his pedalboard preset stickers?
Holly shit . Steph wearing a chimerq shirt . Representing . They would love that . What an honour.
haha so cool to see an interview where the musician looks less stoned than the interviewer.
guess you had a good time ;) great interview none the less!
What tuning is serg playing on his bass with stephs 8 string dropped E????? Anyone know???? It's like a huge secret..lol
He's playing in standard bass tuning, in the same octave as Stef.
It is a common known thing since Meshuggah started using 8-strings that they just play in the same octave but process the sounds differently.
Is Sergio playing bass with flatwound strings?? anybody know??
Wonder if Steph was able to get what he wanted done?
I’ve always had my eye on that black B8 with the red pups/esp logo. I think he retired that one not many pics of him playing that one but it’s my fav of his 8’s
V30's or T75 in his marshall cabs ?
Slip still isn't on Spotify!
They both def blazed before the interview.
I have no gear to talk about, just AxFX,... interviewer: "so how about those straps?"
Where can I get this camo for my Ernie Ball volume pedal ?
Old question, but I noticed it too; might be wrong but it looked like 'grip tape' for a skateboard, you can get loads of designs and cut to size.
James Roberts Dimarzio actually sold them and theyre made like that! i own one! :D
love the at the drive in t-shirt !!
the white and green guitar at 17:36 is beautiful!
I hope you guys got to do Ghost's rigs
Great work
are those pics of dabs in the background for his midi channel board?
What kind of monitors was Stephen using?
Why is there a slash logo next to his guitars at 358
it's superficial
Cuz it's superficial.
I am such a different approach and player but i love this man!
i just saw them tonight in seoul south korea, different bass players, used an orange tiny terror. the guitariste used 2sets of orange black terror, dunno about the effects, but sounded huge
Next up KORN Rig Rundown!!!!!!!!
Big fan of these guys!
Please do a rig run down with Robin Finck & Nine Inch Nails!!
It seems like fractal , is a must for any serious guitarists and bass player .
It’s great for studio and live .
Sergio said he's not a fan of any bass players he can think of that play heavy music with their fingers, haha. How about the guy you replaced brother?
F*ck yes, I longed for this one.
Premier guitar get a bloody clip on neck mic for yourself and keep the other one on the guitarist. Geez, simple to do and professional!